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No. 351,497. Patented 001;. 26, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS B. CURTIS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

ELAsTlc susPENDER-BUTTON FOR PANTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,497l dated October26, 1886.

i Application filed June 25, 18H6.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS B. CURTIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elastic Suspender-Buttons for Pants; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exactpdescription of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of this invention is to secure increased ease to the wearer,to avoid any unsightly appearance of the device when the sameis appliedto the garment, and to provide for suiiicient durability and strength toresist the effects of ordinary wear and strain.

The invention consists in the arrangements and combinations of parts,substantially as will be hereinafter set forth, and finally embodied inthe clauses of the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters indicatecorresponding parts in each of the several figures, Figure l is a rearelevationof a portion of a pair of niens pants to which the improvementshave been applied or in which they have been embraced or embodied. Fig.2 is a section of the same, taken through line x. 1 Figs. 3 and 4 aresectional views, and Fig. 5 a front or face view,

.of an elastic'strap to which the suspenderbuttonis secured, the lasttwo figures showing a slightly varied construction.

In said drawings, A indicates a portion of a garment, particularly apair of pants, to the rear of which has been secured in anyordinarymanner the buckle and tongues b b forv taking up or tighteningthe waistband or portion of the garment. Near the upper edge of thegarment are formed openings or perforations c c, through which straps dd, of elastic webbing or other elastic material, extend, said strapsbeing secured on the inner side of the said garment by suitable rivetsor stays, e e, and passing up through said-openings to the outer side ofthe pants, w-here they are provided with the suspender-buttonsf, saidbut- Serial No. 206,187. (No model.)

intervening layer or layers ot'india-rubber, d', Y,

which increases the durability andstrength of said strap materially. Thebuttons are preferably secured to a plate or plates, h, and

the latter to the upper end of the webbing, as in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, asby this construction the buttons are held out firmly in a positionconvenient for the reception of the suspender.

The stay e, for holding the strap to the pants,

is arranged at a point where it is hidden from view by thetightening-straps b. In view of the rivet or rivet-like device thestrap'xnay be secured by stitching; or other form of stay may beemployed.

The plate h, upon which the button is secured, is preferably of twoparts or of one piece doubled, at one end of which are formed jaws hh,between which the webbing or strap is secured, the said strap beingpreferably rst turned over the rod or bar g and then inserted, togetherwith the bar, between the jaws,` and iinally secured between said jawsby rivets n, which pass beneath said bar and hold it in place. By thisconstruct-ion there is but little danger of the strap being torn fromthe plate.

The pants are properly re-enforced at the stay e, and are otherwiseformed or prepared to receive the straps in the manner described, thedetails of construction it being thought unnecessary to describe, asthey may be varied as circumstances may dictate. However, I may add thatI prefer to sew atongue or piece, k, `of strong cloth or fabric to theinnerside of the pants just above the opening, as in Fig. 2. Thisextends down to and receives the stay, so that the draft thereon istransmitted to the pants above the opening, and the latter is thusprevented from spreading and the pants from sagging, as will beunderstood.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. Thecombination, with mens pants perforated at or near the waistband, ofsuspenderbuttons secured on elastic straps, which latter and extendthrough the perforation to the In testimony that claim the foregoing I1o outer side of the pants, substantially as set have hereunto seb myhand this 21th day ol:` forth. June, 1886.

2. The combination, with im elastic strap, (l, of a plate, 7L, button f,and pin or bar g, and FRANCIS B. CURTIS. rivets n, all said parts beingarranged and combined and adapted to operate in eonneo Wbnesses: tionwith mens pants, substantizly as and CHARLES Hf. PiuLL,

for the purposes set forth. OSCAR A. MICHEL.

